A Virginia woman going to court to turn herself in and face charges for leaving a child in a hot car locked her kids in a vehicle outside the courthouse. She picked up an additional charge, has been arrested and denied bail.

Laquanda Newby, 25, was slapped with three counts of contributing
to the delinquency or abuse of a child after police said she left
her kids in a vehicle, outside the Henrico County Courthouse on
June 8, as well as for a previous incident.

Following a tip off, police found the woman's children outside
the court, in a car with the windows shut.

“Their shirts were wet, sweat rolling off their brows,”
Henrico Sheriff’s Capt. David Kinkle told WTVR. “They seemed
to be OK, but it was very hot.”

The temperatures were reportedly in the 90's, and officials were
not able to say how long the children had been left in the car,
but surveillance footage showed they had been there for more than
an hour.

“Had a citizen not alerted us to this, it’s a situation that
would’ve turned out much differently,” Henrico Sheriff’s
Capt. David Kinkle said.

Officers gave the children, aged six and one, water and snacks
until their father came and picked them up.

Newby was arrested, charged and booked into the Henrico Jail. She
has been denied bail.

The mother was attending the courthouse for previously leaving a
child in a car when she went shopping on May 26. When police
arrived they found Newby by her car, but could not arrest her
because the officer hadn’t witnessed the alleged crime. She
promised to turn herself in, hence her visit to the court on
Monday.

More than 600 US children have died from being left in cars since
1990 as a result of heatstroke, according to the nonprofit safety
group, Kids and Cars.